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Present Simple Tense Exercises

This document provides instruction on forming the third person singular, negative, and interrogative forms of verbs in the simple present tense in English. It gives examples of adding "-s" to most verbs, "-es" to verbs ending in certain letters, and changing the ending to "-ies" for verbs ending in a consonant and "y" in the third person singular. It then has exercises filling in verbs in those forms in various sentences.

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Present Simple Tense Exercises

This document provides instruction on forming the third person singular, negative, and interrogative forms of verbs in the simple present tense in English. It gives examples of adding "-s" to most verbs, "-es" to verbs ending in certain letters, and changing the ending to "-ies" for verbs ending in a consonant and "y" in the third person singular. It then has exercises filling in verbs in those forms in various sentences.

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I work Third person singular spelling rules:


You work
1. Most of the verbs take letter “-s”.
He works Example: Work = Works
She works
It works 2. Verbs ending in “sh/ch/o/x/ss” add “-es”.
Example:
You work
Teach = Teaches Wash = Washes Go= Goes Fix=Fixes Kiss=Kisses
We work
They work 3. Verbs ending in a consonant + “y”. Drop “y” and add “-ies”
Example: Fly=Flies / Study=Studies

a. Complete the following sentences using the verbs in brackets.

Example: Jose drives (drive) a bus.


1. He _________ (work) in a hospital.
2. Mario __________ (fly) an airplain.
3. Karla ___________ (maintain) public security.
4. Sofia __________ (answer) phone calls.
5. Karina and Rebecca ____________ (play) the guitar.
6. Doris ___________ (paint) houses.
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Negative Form Interrogative We use “do” or “does” for negative form, to make questions
Form and give short answers with all verbs (except be) in the simple
I don’t work Do I work? present.
You don’t work Do you work?
He doesn’t work Does he work? Short answer Yes Short answer No
She doesn’t work Does she work? Yes, I do. No, I don’t.
It doesn’t work Does it work?
Yes, she does. No, she doesn’t.
We don’t work Do we work?
Note: We don’t use do or does with be.
You don’t work Do you work? Are you a nurse? NOT Do you be a nurse?
They don’t work Do they work?

b. Complete the following sentences using the negative form of simple present.

Example: Tania doesn’t (or does not) work as a receptionist.


1. Marina and Jose _______ take care of people.
2. She _________ make dinner.
3. Doris _______ prepare delicious food.
4. Katy and Teresa ________ like cooking.
5. Josue ________ work as a waiter.
6. Kevin and Katrina ____________ teach classes.

c. Complete these Yes/No questions and short answers with the correct auxiliary verb.

Example: Do you play soccer? Yes, I do. No, I don´t.


1. _______ you study every day? ___________ ____________
2. _______ Mario work as a lawyer? ___________ ____________
3. _______ Karla get up early? ___________ ____________
4. _______ Susan work as a dentist? ___________ ____________
5. _______ Ana and John cook well? ___________ ____________

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